Fig. 1: A conceptual model of policy and regulatory processes that serve as mediators in the interaction between artificial intelligence and environmental performance.

This picture depicts a conceptual framework in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) influences environmental performance via two crucial institutional mechanisms: carbon emission rules and sustainability laws. AI, as depicted on the left, creates systemic changes that influence policy and regulatory measures (middle), which in turn have an impact on the environment. Blue arrows reflect the proposed causal pathways.